Frédéric Albespy

In order to fight against climate change and its impacts on environment and human societies, a global transition to decarbonized and renewable energies is necessary. But impacts of wind energy on Wildlife, and especially bats, are worrying. Development of measures to reduce these impacts is therefore essential in a context of biodiversity crisis. T...

Si la proximité entre la base des rotors d'éoliennes et les lisières peut expliquer une part des mortalités de chauve-souris évoluant le long de ces lisières, les conditions de risques pour des chauves-souris évoluant en plein ciel restent encore largement méconnues. Or les suivis d'impacts de nombreux parcs éoliens témoignent de relevés de mortali...

Since the recent spread of highly pathogenic (HP) H5N1 subtypes, avian influenza virus (AIV) dispersal has become an increasing focus of research. As for any other bird-borne pathogen, dispersal of these viruses is related to local and migratory movements of their hosts. In this study, we investigated potential AIV spread by Common Teal (Anas crecc...

Common Teal ring recoveries (September to May) recorded in Europe between January 1952 and February 1978. Green scale color represents the number of ring recoveries recorded on each mesh: light green: 1 to 4; intermediate green: 5 to 29; dark green: more than 30 ring recoveries. The white star represents the geographic location of the Camargue. (2....

Effect of local prevalence of infection on AIV dispersal during the wintering period (A, B) and spring migration (C, D). Maps represent AIV circulation with prevalence measured during the 2007–2008 season (A, C) and with a hypothetical constant monthly prevalence of 15% (B, D). Colours represent the maximum number of infectious virus units per mesh...

Mean abundance (and standard deviation) of Common Teal in the Camargue, computed between 1964 and 1995. (0.02 MB PDF)